CVE-2008-3389

Stack-based buffer overflow in the libbecompat library in Ingres 2.6, Ingres 2006 release 1 (aka 9.0.4), and Ingres 2006 release 2 (aka 9.1.0) on Linux and HP-UX allows local users to gain privileges by setting a long value of an environment variable before running (1) verifydb, (2) iimerge, or (3) csreport.

• CWE-119

• http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=732Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31357Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31398Third Party Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1020615Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.ingres.com/support/security-alert-080108.phpBroken Link
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495177/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30512Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2292Third Party Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2313Third Party Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44179Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=181989Broken Link
• http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=732Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31357Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31398Third Party Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1020615Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.ingres.com/support/security-alert-080108.phpBroken Link
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495177/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30512Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2292Third Party Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2313Third Party Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44179Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=181989Broken Link

Published

Aug 5, 2008

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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